Python mapscript

[Sean Gillies]

On Aug 19, 2005, at 2:07 PM, Brundage, Robert G wrote:

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> Hello:
> I am new Mapserver and following along in the 'Web Mapping 
> Illustrated' book
> by Tyler Mitchell.
>
> I cannot get the basic python script to run.
>
>  	Import mapscript
> 	mapfile = "Bob.map"
> 	mapobect =  mapscript.mapObj(mapfile)
>
> The above code gives an error:   AttributeError:  'module' object has 
> not
> attribute 'mapObj'.
>
> I am using Python Active build 245
>

mapscript is not a standard Python module, and is not included with 
ActivePython. You will need to build it, or download a binary. Frank 
Warmerdam's FWTools contains mapscript for Python 2.3

     http://fwtools.maptools.org

and Howard Butler is doing something similar for Python 2.4

     http://hobu.biz/software/hobutools

cheers,
Sean

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